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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 O {% M; X" V/ i' ?2 l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( @- s9 N; B+ gFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' b3 B( i! C) S$ _8 iAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 g0 v" s( U( _3 O% ^5 jHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,$ _- V4 n. |' I$ C$ i. P3 y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" \$ x( O; ]8 E8 P {9 @/ dA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ b" g( Q- Z) X* E
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( S. i! ]1 X$ ^& `6 r" s3 g v
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( y# O3 E* R1 U) f8 X/ qAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 l7 L$ o- m) V1 T C3 Q) f
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 o: K4 I1 ^3 O% G b0 L* N0 s
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
9 E% J+ e: y* M B! MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% o' ]; O. Z% [* L3 S! q1 f. C
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: y; y8 b+ L. I2 G" ~% R+ nWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 b* p2 x$ I( y8 X+ G
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( Q6 m6 Y- t# p! f- [" |9 wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 L$ I: I) O7 Y6 {* z2 A0 A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,: ]2 H) c0 \6 X' O: ]; D! Q) T8 [$ I
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
G$ B# D% w$ [( K& y3 COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* B5 d& `# l9 O" H/ W, ~) ]And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 l# b( \; u. GGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% V# K8 H/ e% ?; S0 RSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% g% Y/ x1 c- j
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide" T, a# \/ O, V; _- }# j
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 Y1 E _$ F9 q9 oIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
3 g+ L- t3 M3 }2 P4 [* ?For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.9 v- V: A+ Z: y/ b$ M3 g9 ~
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& b( O- g9 v% q8 `6 L3 t4 I5 T! u, hOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. O6 m6 R; ^! |1 ~% jFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 P+ [: y& e5 w/ x+ g+ B0 cBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- `; ] \8 S0 [& e, G3 Z$ v----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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